Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
EU keeps Russia sanctions over Ukraine in place
BRUSSELS – The European Union decided Tuesday to keep a tough package of sanctions against Russia in place, saying that the peace plan in Ukraine was not yet fully implemented. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Deadliest attacks by pro-Russian rebels threaten Ukraine truce
KIEV – Ukraine’s truce and troops withdrawal deal lay in tatters Tuesday after the deadliest wave of attacks by pro-Russian insurgents in more than a month left nine soldiers and four civilians dead. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine backs off from EU-backed Russia gas deal
KIEV – War-torn Ukraine has distanced itself from an EU-brokered agreement with Russia that would have restored its gas supplies during winter and helped rebuild trust between the neighbouring foes. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine backs off from EU-backed Russia gas deal
KIEV – War-torn Ukraine on Saturday distanced itself from an EU-brokered agreement with Russia that would have restored its gas supplies during winter and helped rebuild trust between the neighbouring foes. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EU unveils interim deal for ending Russia-Ukraine gas war
BERLIN – The European Union on Friday unveiled an interim deal meant to end Russia’s latest gas war with Ukraine which could see a return of supplies to the crisis-hit nation and a renewal of trust between the rival neighbours. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia, Ukraine agree interim gas deal: EU energy chief
Russia is ready to resume gas deliveries to Ukraine if Kiev pays its energy giant Gazprom back debts worth $3.1 billion (2.4 billion euros) by late December, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said Friday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia, Ukraine agree gas deal, says EU energy chief
BERLIN – Russia is ready to restore gas deliveries to Ukraine if Kiev pays its energy giant Gazprom $3.1 billion (2.4 billion euros) by late December, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said Friday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia says EU mustn’t re-export gas to Ukraine: report
FRANKFURT – Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak warned Friday that Europe is contractually not allowed to re-export gas to Ukraine and could see its supplies cut if it did so. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine leader sees end to war, eyes EU membership by 2020
KIEV – President Petro Poroshenko has proclaimed an end to the “most dangerous” part of Ukraine’s pro-Russian uprising and the start of a post-war recovery that would lead to an EU membership bid in 2020. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Japan PM vows to work against ‘war culture’
UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Thursday to eliminate “war culture” from the world as he highlighted Tokyo’s aid in crises from the Middle East to Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
